Throughout his 2024 trial, Joshua Dotson "shocked the court by testifying in his own defense, referring to himself as a 'serial killer' and likening himself to the fictional murderer Michael Myers."

Tennessee killer Joshua Dotson, who likened himself to the Michael Myers at his trial, has been sentenced to 261 years in prison for numerous murders.

A man who has called himself a "serial killer" and likened himself to fictional boogeyman Michael Myers was sentenced to 159 years behind bars for three Tennessee slayings — on top of 102 years he'd already been ordered to serve,

A self-professed serial killer who called himself the “Michael Meyers” of Tennessee was just given 159 years for three slayings — on top of his 102-year sentence for killing his pregnant girlfriend and her unborn child,

The defendant had already been serving a lengthy sentence for the killings of his pregnant ex-girlfriend and her unborn child.